National Ploughing Championships
Great innovations for Carlow at Ploughing 2013
From internet hosting technology to a treatment for tired eyes, from sportswear to world-leading water technologies, some of Ireland’s latest...
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Rural Life
Sunny side up for Greenside Up
In Focus: Dee Sewell of Greenside Up describes herself as a vegetable gardening tutor, environmentalist, blogger and passionate about community...
Dairy
Ireland heading towards super levy milk fine
The Department of Agriculture announced this afternoon that based on estimated milk deliveries by milk purchasers for the period up to...
Agri-Business
Corkman pleads guilty to numerous bovine disease, animal ID offences
At a sitting of Bandon District Court today Anthony Dineen, Inchafune, Dunmanway, Co Cork pleaded guilty to six sample offences out...
Other
The €598 steak
Comment: Fancy a €598 steak. Yes, you did read that correctly, five hundred and ninety eight euros per kilogram, the...
Agri-Business
Community wind farm in Tip takes flight
Ireland’s first community owned wind farm in Templederry, Co Tipperary launched this week. Templederry Community Wind Farm counts students, farmers...
Environment
'Application of the wrong soil treatment could cause more harm than good'
The View from Northern Ireland: A large group of farmers from counties Down and Armagh attended a soil compaction and benchmarking...
Rural Life
GIY enthusiasts awards
An awards ceremony in Waterford has acknowledged the work being undertaken by Grow It Yourself (GIY) enthusiasts across the country....
World News
FSAI ceo to lead Fonterra inquiry
World News: The ceo of the Food and Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is to head up the New Zealand Government’s...
Dairy
Efficient contract rearing key to dairy expansion
COMMENT: From 2015 the new quota in Irish dairy farming will be the amount of milking platform hectares that cows...
National Ploughing Championships
Thomas Cook to bring sunshine to Ploughing 2013
Thomas Cook Ireland is back at this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Raheniska, Co Laois and will once again partner...
Dairy
Sustainable nutrient use on dairy farms in northwest Europe
The View from Teagasc: Dairyman, a project part-funded by Interreg, is aimed at improving resource use efficiency on dairy farms in...
Dairy
Plan your future in dairy farming
EU quotas are being abolished and new dairy markets are opening up in China and India. The global dairy landscape...
Agri-Business
Horse-breeding mask company onto a winner
Equilume, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company supported by Enterprise Ireland, is aiming to become a world-leader in light...
Agri-Business
Keep moo-ving moo-ving, top award for cow pedometer innovation
World View: A cow pedometer experiment to monitor behaviour has won an international science award. Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College...
Environment
Nitrogen extension deadline approaching
Farmers across Ireland have until the end of September to use bagged Nitrogen. Normally mid-September is the deadline to stop applying...
Agri-Business
Maize silage, buyer beware
The View from Teagasc: When buying, or selling, maize silage remember that there can be large differences in feeding value....
Agri-Business
ABP Group ceo to address agri-science conference today
The CEO of ABP Food Group, Europe’s largest beef exporter, is set to headline the annual Agricultural Science Association (ASA) conference, which...
